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COAST
& SEA 1999
| Spring
1999 |
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- Essential
Fish Habitat: Can We Sustain Our Fisheries and Our Industries?
The reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act now has an added concept:
measures to achieve healthy, sustainable fish populations
must also provide for the health of the aquatic habitats
in which the managed species live. The idea is expressed
in a collection of amendments and introduces an entity that
must now, by law, be protected - essential fish habitat.
How is this likely to affect commercial and recreational
fishing in Louisiana?
- Bycatch
or ‘Bye Catch!
Sustaining fish populations in the world’s oceans
is a growing challenge for both regulatory agencies and
fishermen. Recent regulations requiring commercial fishermen
to control the amount of bycatch harvested in US waters
along with the targeted species may create greater challenges
for both fishermen and regulators.
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Saving the Seabob Fishery
The seabob fishery, important to the people of southwest
Louisiana, has been diminished by about a third in recent
years. Shrimpers blame turtle excluder devices (TEDs). A
meeting between shrimpers and the National Marine Fisheries
Service, which administers TEDs regulations, may lead to
a workable solution.
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| Fall
1999 |
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- Wetlands
in the Marketplace
The marketplace rules, even in wetland conservation. A new
approach to restoring the nation’s fast-disappearing
wetlands offers adventurous landowners and developers incentives
for investment.
- Mitigation
Banking: An Investor's Experience
Reid Cancienne, a Louisiana businessman, has restored 600
acres to a functioning wetland.
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How do Plants Respond to Global Warming’s Warning?
Global warming, a consequence of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere, may have profound effects on our environment.
A study of two marsh plant species may provide information
on the way one greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, may alter
plant tolerances.
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Study Pays Off
Data collected for scientific from several studies on zebra
mussels enabled river-based industries to control costly
infestations.
- Mapping
the Bottom
Researchers combined side-scan sonar with a digital subbottom
profiler to accurately map oyster beds. Resulting images
can be used to identify oyster habitat, evaluate its quality,
and select suitable sites for bed relocation.
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Coast 2050: Coastal Strategic Planning With Business and
Environmental Interests
Traditionally adversarial groups developed a shared vision
for sustaining coastal Louisiana’s ecosystem, economy,
and culture.
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